Decentralization : the China and Indonesia experiences. by Quan, Quan.

“…Donor agencies’ push for adoption of decentralization policies in developing countries indiscriminately, which forms an important part of policies prescribed in “Washington Consensus”, seem to fall into the trap of mistaking decentralization as a political development end goal, instead of a means towards further political development.…”
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Study of applying fiber based laser with the primary standard for optical power and improvement of spectral responsivity scales in near IR range by Zhang, Jing, Teo, Jia Jie, Huang, Xuebo

“…The absolute optical power was measured and two absolute transfer standard detectors (InGaAs based trap detectors) were calibrated at 1310nm. The measurement setup is described and the measurement uncertainty was analyzed. …”
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Development of nitride-based optical phased array at 1092 nm for the optical addressing of ⁸⁸Sr+ Ion by Lim, Yu Dian, Goh, Simon Chun Kiat, Seit, Wen Wei, Zhao, Peng, Guidoni, Luca, Likforman, Jean-Pierre, Tan, Chuan Seng

“…Optical phased array (OPA) structures are designed and fabricated for the optical addressing of trapped 88Sr+ ions. Laser light of 1092 nm wavelength corresponding to the 2D3/2 to 2P1/2 of 88Sr+ ion is used, where silicon nitride (SiN) platform with integrated titanium nitride (TiN) thermos-optic heaters are selected. …”
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Conflict and the formation of political beliefs in Africa by Adhvaryu, A, Fenske, J

“…Our results suggest that at the population level, the “conflict trap” in Africa is not driven by shifts in political beliefs and engagement caused by conflict exposure in childhood.…”

Mechanisms and Implementation of Thermo-Optical Annealing in Silica Fiber Sensors for Radiation-Induced Attenuation Mitigation by Legoupil, Aurelien Y. M.

“…For the pure silica core and F-doped cladding fibers studied, the RIA spectrum obtained is decomposed into known radiation-induced defect absorption bands, highlighting the key role of self-trapped holes in RIA at telecommunication wavelengths. …”
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Nanoimprinting of nanostructured catalysts by Aravinthan, T.

“…Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas which traps heat radiated by the sun in the atmosphere and causes global warming. …”
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All-weather thermal regulation coatings by Hippalgaonkar, Kedar

“…The temperature-responsive structures have been demonstrated to radiatively cool in the summer and trap heat in the winter. Their work sets the stage for all-weather thermal regulation coatings. …”
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Eurocentric fables of international debt and China. China report by Nayak, Bhabani Shankar

“…The article outlines different trajectories of the international debt trap diplomacy, which uses debt as a tool to control resources and to undermine state and governments in countries outside the Westphalian outlook. …”
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Rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Indonesia after reformasi and its impact on national and regional order by Rafael H. Nowotamtomo

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Improved electrical performance of Erbium silicide Schottky diodes formed by pre-RTA amorphization of Si by Tang, L. J., Tan, Eu Jin, Pey, Kin Leong, Chi, Dong Zhi, Lee, Pooi See

“…Erbium silicide Schottky diodes formed on Si(001) substrate using rapid thermal annealing method show degraded Schottky-barrier height ϕ_Beff and ideality factor due to the presence of silicide-induced microstructural defects which are likely sources of trap states. A method to improve the ϕ_Beff and of the diodes utilizing in situ Ar plasma cleaning to induce a light amorphization of the Si(001) substrate is proposed. …”
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Using machine learning to discover candidate localised transcripts from microscopy and genome-wide bioinformatics data by Kiourlappou, M

“…</p> <p>Firstly, I present a YFP protein trap microscopy screen conducted collaboratively by members of the Davis lab for 200 genes in the <em>Drosophila melanogaster</em> larval nervous system. …”

Triggering voltage for post-breakdown random telegraph noise in HfLaO dielectric metal gate metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors and its reliability implications by Liu, W. H., Pey, Kin Leong, Raghavan, Nagarajan, Wu, X., Bosman, Michel

“…This dependence is qualitatively analyzed using a percolation dilation model, where generation of additional traps either at different energy levels or spatial locations gives lower Vtrig at higher Igl. …”
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Age-related bone loss is associated with FGF21 but not IGFBP1 in healthy adults by Lee, Shuen Yee, Fam, Kai Deng, Chia, Kar Ling, Yap, Margaret M. C., Goh, Jorming, Yeo, Kwee Poo, Yap, Eric Peng Huat, Chotirmall, Sanjay Haresh, Lim, Chin Leong

“…The RANKL concentration was 44% lower (P = 0.006), whereas TRAP5b and BAP concentrations were 36 and 31% higher (P = 0.01 and P = 0.004), respectively, in older adults than in younger adults. …”
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Comparison of diabetic and non-diabetic human leukocytic responses to different capsule types of klebsiella pneumoniae responsible for causing pyogenic liver abscess by Lee, I. Russel, Sng, Ethel, Lee, Kok-Onn, Molton, James S., Chan, Monica, Kalimuddin, Shirin, Izharuddin, Ezlyn, Lye, David C., Archuleta, Sophia, Gan, Yunn-Hwen

“…DNA and myeloperoxidase levels were elevated in the plasma of KLA patients compared to uninfected individuals indicating neutrophil activation, but diabetic status had no effect on these neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) biomarkers in both subject groups. Clinical hvKP isolates universally stimulated KLA patient neutrophils to produce NETs ex vivo, regardless of host diabetic status. …”
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Combating Household Bankruptcy: Developing a New Integrated Financial Education Model for Malaysian (S/O 13585) by Sawandi, Norfaiezah, Abu Bakar, Abu Sufian, Shaari, Hasnah, Amran, Noor Afza, Saad, Ram Al Jaffri

“…Three methods consist of survey, focus group, and semi-structured interviews were employed for data gathering. …”
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Interpretation of an anomalous peak in low-temperature photoluminescence measurements of bulk GaAs[sub 1−x]N[sub x] on GaAs by Cheah, Weng Kwong, Fan, Weijun, Yoon, Soon Fatt, Loke, Wan Khai, Liu, R., Wee, A. T. S.

“…The band-anticrossing model is used to identify the origins of the two peaks and we propose a model to explain the RTA observations by the concept of increased confinement in areas of higher N concentrations by trapped N localized states. The peak is due to the accumulation of N content near the GaAs/GaAsN interface. …”
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High flux strontium atom source by Feng, C. H., Robert, P., Bouyer, P., Canuel, B., Li, Jianing, Das, Swarup, Kwong, Chang Chi, Wilkowski, David, Prevedelli, M., Bertoldi, A.

“…Our approach involves velocity-dependent transverse capture of atoms using a two-dimensional magneto-optical trap. To enhance the atomic flux, we employ tailored magnetic fields that minimize radial beam expansion and incorporate a cascaded Zeeman-slowing configuration utilizing two optical frequencies. …”
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Study of Multilevel High-Resistance States in HfOx-Based Resistive Switching Random Access Memory by Impedance Spectroscopy by Li, H. K., Chen, T. P., Hu, S. G., Liu, P., Liu, Y., Lee, P. S., Wang, X. P., Li, H. Y., Lo, G. Q.

“…On the other hand, R is observed to decrease with DC bias, which can be attributed to the barrier lowering effect of the Coulombic trap well in the Poole-Frenkel emission model.…”
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Radioactive Atoms and Molecules for Fundamental Physics by Udrescu, Silviu-Marian

“…I will then present the theoretical calculations and the status of an experiment aiming to measure hadronic parity violation using single molecular ions inside a Penning trap. The experiment's goal is to use the external magnetic field provided by the trap to fine-tune molecular energy levels of opposite parity close to degeneracy, thus increasing the signal produced by parity violating nuclear properties. …”
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Effects of thrombin and its related peptide fragments on neutrophils by Lim, Chun Hwee

“…NET-associated proteins have been argued to trap and kill bacteria, as well as being implicated in autoimmune complications. …”
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